St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13

lASSSA IOI
petuated until the
present day. The coast line on the
Atlantic presents to the eye long
succession of cliffs, barren rock and sand
hills. throughout all of which runs
dark red tint The few Europeans who
have scaled this sea wall, for the most
part shipwrecked Seamen, beheld
stretched out on the other side a huge
landscape of miserable sandy desert,
with an unbrOken horizon, burning
plain, void of all vegetation, and with
out the least veStige of natural resources
to prOlOng the existence OF any poor hu,
man creature cast on this miserable and
fOrSaken spot
In these words NJ. Camille DOuls,
French traveller, describes his expert
ence during an exploration of the coast
of the Sahara desert from Morocco 10
Senegal in a recent issue of the London
Times: 1t was OH this inhoSpitable and
bare spot that | landed alone in the
early days of last January, without es-
cOrt, like poor ShipwTecked mariner.
and disguised as MuSsulman. quite at
the mercy of the MOOrs, among whom |
wished to traverse the UNEMPLOYED
steppes of the Western Sahara and
reach the southern boundary of Mo-
rocco. This introduction TO the Sahara
all but cost me my life, the preservation
of which owe solely to my youth and
the disguise of a MusSulman in which
i travelled. 1t had been my intention to
land on the shores of the Sahara at the
English trading factory at Cape JUDY,
territory which has been in the posses
sion of the English since 1915. From
conversation with the manager whom |
found at Las PalmaS, | learned the i'm
ItN- nT a
formed me that great jealousy existed
among the natives regarding any
stranger, more especially since the
Moorish government had endeavOred to
prevent any one claiming to be a Ma
hOmedan, even though not a subject,
holding any communication with
Christians on
PAIN OF EXCoMMCNICATION
and imprisonment. l consequently
changed my route, and arrived at Ar
recife de LanZarOte, where l engaged a
fishing vessel to carry me further south.
After voyage of two days and half
we arrived at d large bay. where the
fallen rocks enabled the boat to APP
prOach close to the shore and rendered
a landing possible. This place is known
as Garnet Bay, and is situated between
Rio de Orc in the south and Cape BOja-
dor in the north. Having carefully eX-
amined the neighbOrhOOd without dis
covering any MOOrS, we dropped anchor,
and babe adieu to my honest fisher
friends. who wished Inc bon voyage.
Three of them landed, and, having
scaled the rock. pulled up first my boxes
and provision basket,an finally myself,
and then, after receiving a parting
backsbeesll, left me aloneOn the Sahara.
| must confess that l did not at once
were not of fear. | had IOnged for the
time to come and had abundance of con-
fidence in my courage, but | expert
enced a sensation of utter loneliness, not
decreased by the knowledge that | was
among savage people and quite UNI
known. Seated on the edge of the cliff,
which arose perpendieularly from the
water, | gaZed OH these two immenSitieS
of nature-the desert and the sea. both
unDrOken by any sign of life save the
fast disappearing vessel which had
brought me hither. 1t was one of the
solemn moments in a mans life which
remain for ever in his memory. The
desert lay before me, sandy. Silicious
soil. covered with stones, and losing
itself toward the east in a succession of
endless fluctuations. NOrthward | saw
approaching a troop of camelS or drOme-
diaries. These | resolved to meet, pre-
ferring to take my chances with their
drivers. whoever they might be, than to
remain i'll
UTTER LONELINESS
on this barren shore. | placed my be-
longings behind large stone, freed my
self of my turban, and, putting my
dagger in my belt and my revolver i'll
the hood of my Moorish cloak. l set out
toward the approaching caravan. | lost
no time in intercepting this troop. A
little slave guarded them. Approach
ing the young negro, [ made signs that
| wanted to speak to him, but at the
sight of my face and white costume (the
desert Arabs usually dress in blue cot
ton, having no water to wash white
clOthing) he fled screaming. Proceed
ing further. | met two new troops of
camelS under care of slaves, but with
these | was not more fortunate. and my
advances only made them run off.
Finally. after long march, roasted by
the sun. suffering greatly from thirst
and fatigue. | saw in the distance four
MOOrS. The sight restored me. and
made haste to meet them. Two of them
were young, the Others were older.
Dressed in the skins of animals and
half-naked. with long and thin hair
falling on their shoulders, dagger at
their hips and gun in hand, they adj
vanced, talking with a superabund-
ance of animation. l approached the
eldest, and in the manner of MahOme-
dan wished him 1.-The peace of God, eX-
tending my hand to him. He refused
the Salutation and drew back. and re-
garding me with fierce expression. he
graSped his GONNA, or dagger. Without
taking any notice of this, repeated my
SalutatiOn. and asked him if he knew
certain D'Aghmed, who lived on the
~ Observation-Disclosures bo o,t
thOu?" he demanded brusuuely. MY
brother" replied calmly. 81 am slave
of God, an Algerian merchant. who, I'M
der the will of the Almighty. Am thrown
on this coast" AT this moment the
youngest of the group, who was watch
ing me from the corner of his eye. saw
the Moorish rosary which had round
my neck, and coming up to me he took
it between his hands, closely examined
it and said. ''0h! how beautiful are
your beads. show them to me-" and be-
fore | could reply it was off. This ac-
ton disclosed my revolver in the hood
of my cloak. He seized it and asked
several questions regarding it. ''What
does it matter to yOu?' | replied. An
Swer me first in the name of God my
first query" My reply came quickly.
Seized from behind, | was thrown to the
ground. the eldest, Mohammed FL Mahdi,
put his
HEEL ON MY THROAT
while the others bound my hands.
Scarcely able to breathe, i made great eff
forts to free myself, while another of
my assailants drew his dagger, and,
with the fiat blade, violently struck me
on the mouth, the shock breaking two
of my teeth and drawing blood, while
the pain brought OH uncOnsciousness.
After this | was stripped, my dress
being torn almost to threads; a sum of
money in my belt was taken from me.
and the dagger at my side was broken
in the attempt to remove it from my
person. a woman passing with two